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Delaware bay, pennsylvania

M/V Jahre Spray; Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania · NOAAORR-6620

issued
1988-10-07 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1988-10-21 00:00Z
self-cancels
1988-10-21 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
39.800, -75.390
vessel
M/V JAHRE SPRAY · 3 messages
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

M/V JAHRE SPRAY; Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania.
Delaware Bay, Pennsylvania.
1. On October 7, 1988, the M/V JAHRE SPRAY, a Liberian ship carrying 830,000 barrels of light Nigerian crude oil, was anchored in Big Stone Anchorage in Delaware Bay, trailing a sheen measuring approximately 150 feet by six miles. The nature of the sheen could have been cargo, fuel, or lube oil. USCG district 1.
2. COMMODITY: NIGERIAN CRUDE OIL.
3. POSITION 39.800N 075.390W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6620: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6620

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